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Joshua 23

New Century Version NCV

1 The Lord gave Israel peace from their enemies around them. Many years passed, and Joshua grew very old.

2 He called a meeting of all the older leaders, heads of families, judges, and officers of Israel. He said, "I am now very old.

3 You have seen what the Lord has done to our enemies to help us. The Lord your God fought for you.

4 Remember that your people have been given their land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea in the west, the land I promised to give you

5 The Lord your God will force out the people living there. The Lord will push them out ahead of you. And you will own the land, as he has promised you.

6 "Be strong. You must be careful to obey everything commanded in the Book of the Teachings of Moses. Do exactly as it says.

7 Don't become friends with the people living among us who are not Israelites. Don't say the names of their gods or make anyone swear by them. Don't serve or worship them.

8 You must continue to follow the Lord your God, as you have done in the past.

9 "The Lord has forced many great and powerful nations to leave ahead of you. No nation has been able to defeat you.

10 With his help, one Israelite could defeat a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, as he promised to do.

11 So you must be careful to love the Lord your God.

12 "If you turn away from the way of the Lord and become friends with these people who are not part of Israel and marry them,

13 the Lord your God will not help you defeat your enemies. They will be like traps for you, like whips on your back and thorns in your eyes, and none of you will be left in this good land the Lord your God has given you.

14 "It's almost time for me to die. You know and fully believe that the Lord has done great things for you. You know that he has not failed to keep any of his promises

15 Every good promise that the Lord your God made has come true, and in the same way, his other promises will come true. He promised that evil will come to you and that he will destroy you from this good land that he gave you.

16 This will happen if you don't keep your agreement with the Lord your God. If you go and serve other gods and worship them, the Lord will become very angry with you. Then none of you will be left in this good land he has given you."

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 A long time afterwards, when ADONAI had given Isra'el rest from all their surrounding enemies, and Y'hoshua was old, with age taking its toll,

2 Y'hoshua summoned all Isra'el - their leaders, heads, judges and officials - and said to them, "I am old; age is taking its toll.

3 You have seen everything that ADONAI your God has done to all these nations because of you, for it is ADONAI your God who has fought on your behalf.

4 Here, I have allotted to you land for inheritance according to your tribes between the Yarden and the Great Sea to the west; it includes the land of the nations I have destroyed and the nations which remain

5 ADONAI your God will thrust them out ahead of you and drive them out of your sight, so that you will possess their land, as ADONAI your God told you.

6 "Therefore be very firm about keeping and doing everything written in the book of the Torah of Moshe and not turning aside from it either to the right or to the left.

7 Then you won't become like those nations remaining among you. Don't even mention the name of their gods, let alone have people swear by them, serve them or worship them;

8 but cling to ADONAI your God, as you have done to this day.

9 This is why ADONAI has driven out great, strong nations ahead of you; and it explains why no one has prevailed against you to this day,

10 why one man of you has chased a thousand - it is because ADONAI your God has fought on your behalf, as he said to you.

11 "Therefore take great care to love ADONAI your God.

12 Otherwise, if you retreat and cling to the remnant of these other nations remaining among you, if you make marriages with them and have children with them and they with you,

13 know for certain that ADONAI your God will stop driving out these nations from your sight. Instead, they will become a snare and a trap for you, whipping your sides and pricking your eyes, until you perish from this good land which ADONAI your God has given you.

14 "Today I am going the way of all the earth. Therefore consider in all your heart and being that not one of all the good things ADONAI your God said concerning you has failed to happen; it has all come to pass; nothing of it has failed

15 Nevertheless, just as all the good things ADONAI your God promised you have come upon you, likewise ADONAI will bring upon you all the bad things too, until he has destroyed you from this good land which ADONAI your God has given you.

16 When you violate the covenant of ADONAI your God, which he ordered you to obey, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then the anger of ADONAI will blaze up against you; and you will perish quickly from the good land which he has given you!"